The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1959
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.96° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.66° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.